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No One Wants Your Cold Calls

No More Cold Calling

I’ve heard it takes at least seven to 10 touches for sales teams who cold call and cold email prospects to connect with decision-makers. Because decision-makers don’t take cold calls or respond to cold emails. We’re onto their tricks of calling from cell phones so “wireless caller” appears.

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Smart Selling Visions: Up-Close with Top Revenue Leader Adam Hollander, CEO of @FST_Games

SBI

So by the end of the contest, there’s only a small handful of reps even focused on the incentive (and of course a large portion of your team no longer motivated by it at all). Nancy: What’s the most important thing that today’s business decision-makers should look for (or ask, or consider, or solve)?

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PODCAST 133: How to Go From Startup to Pre-IPO: Unexpected Lessons From a 20-Year Sales Veteran with Jim Donovan

Sales Hacker

So I got into sales management pretty quickly with EarthLink Wireless. The one thing I will say has really sweetened and juiced our own performance has been the ability to get to the decision maker’s mobile device, and absolutely add SMS into the equation. Young people need rewards and incentives.

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